He is selected to go into Charyn and assassinate their King. Froi may now be trusted, but he still has a violent, ruthless streak from childhood.
Their country isn’t strong enough to start a war is recovering from the harm inflicted to it to such an extent that they cannot proceed by normal channels. The Queen of Lumatere, the sole survivor of the massacre, wants those who orchestrated the murder of her family punished. He manages to find a place with Finnikin and the others, in part because he represents the lost generation of Lumaterans. Froi was angry, hurt, violent, suspicious, needy, distrustful, hurt. Froi was introduced in Finnikin as a young orphan, raised on the streets, who was befriended by Finnikin and Finnikin’s friends. Together, they have been working to restore peace and prosperity to their land as well as heal the harm done to it by half of their population being exiles, and half trapped in a country with an evil, sadistic ruler. Together, they manage to break the curse and recover their country.įroi takes place a handful of years later Finnikin is now married to the Queen of Lumatere. Finnikin, despite his youth, manages to bring together the shattered and fragmented exiles, along with the help of a young woman who has visions of the lost heir of Lumatere. Finnikin is the teenage son of the head of the royal guard, one of the many exiles. If you have not, go read my reviews of Finnikin and Froi read those books then come back.Ībout ten years before the events in Finnikin, the country of Lumatere was invaded, the royal family murdered, and the country cursed half the population are trapped outside in exile, half trapped inside with an impostor king. So, I’m doing spoilers from here on out for both Finnikin and Froi, under the assumption that if you’re interested in reading Quintana you have already both of those books. Because of the way the story unfolds, ideally Froi needs to be read before Quintana. (A short story, Ferragost, takes place during the same time as the events in the beginning of Quintana). Finnikin is a standalone and creates the world and characters of Lumatere Froi and Quintana combine to make one story told in two volumes. It began with Finnikin of the Rock (Candlewick Press, 2010) the second book was Froi of the Exiles (Candlewick Press, 2012). will be published April 2013.īackground: This is the final of three books (and one short story) that make up the The Lumatere Chronicles. Reviewed from the Australia edition (Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (Australia), 2012), a gift from a friend.
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta, Candlewick Press, 2013.
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